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What is the combining form for "choking pain, angina pectoris"?
ANGIN-
What is the combining form for "aorta"?
AORT-
What is the combining form for "atrium (entrance hall)"?
ATRI-
What is the combining form for "capillary (hair)"?
CAPILL
What is either of the combining forms for "dilated and vein, varix"?
CIRS-; VARIC-, VARIX
What is the combining form for "heart"?
COR, CORD-
What is either of the combining forms for "vein"?
PHLEB-; VEN-
What is the combining form for "lung, pulmonary artery"?
PULM(ON)-
What is the combining form for "heartbeat (steady motion)"?
RHYTHM-
What is the combining form for "pulse"?
SPHYGM-
What is the combining form for "point"?
CUSP, -CUSPID
What is the combining form for "blood clot"?
THROMB-
What is the combining form for "vagus nerve (wandering)"?
VAG-
What is the combining form for "(blood) vessel; vas deferens"?
VAS-
What is the combining form for "crown"?
CORON-
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ATRIUM
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PULMONARY ARTERIES
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BISCUSPID VALVE
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TRICUSPID VALVE
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INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM (“SEPT-“ meaning wall or partition)
What is a myocardial infarction?
A heart attack
According to Galen, what are the four essential humors of the body?
Blood, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm
What is the significance of the Staff of Asclepius?
It symbolizes healing and the current American Medical Association; associated with Asclepius (a deity associated with healing and medicine).
Galen claimed ______ produced blood.
the liver
What is cardiomyopathy?
A disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder for your heart to pump blood to the rest of your body.